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  2. Subject–verb–object word order - Wikipedia

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    An example of SVO order in English is: Andy ate cereal. In an analytic language such as English, subject–verb–object order is relatively inflexible because it identifies which part of the sentence is the subject and which one is the object. ("The dog bit Andy" and "Andy bit the dog" mean two completely different things, while, in case of ...

  3. Subject–object–verb word order - Wikipedia

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    In linguistic typology, a subjectobject–verb (SOV) language is one in which the subject, object, and verb of a sentence always or usually appear in that order. If English were SOV, "Sam apples ate" would be an ordinary sentence, as opposed to the actual Standard English "Sam ate apples" which is subject–verb–object (SVO).

  4. Object–subject–verb word order - Wikipedia

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    In linguistic typology, the objectsubject–verb (OSV) or object–agent–verb (OAV) word order is a structure where the object of a sentence precedes both the subject and the verb. Although this word order is rarely found as the default in most languages, it does occur as the unmarked or neutral order in a few Amazonian languages ...

  5. Word order - Wikipedia

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    The subject, verb, and object can come in any order in a Latin sentence, although most often (especially in subordinate clauses) the verb comes last. [25] Pragmatic factors, such as topic and focus, play a large part in determining the order. Thus the following sentences each answer a different question: [26] "Romulus Romam condidit."

  6. Object–verb–subject word order - Wikipedia

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    In linguistic typology, object–verb–subject (OVS) or object–verb–agent (OVA) is a rare permutation of word order. OVS denotes the sequence object–verb–subject in unmarked expressions: Apples ate Sam, Thorns have roses. The passive voice in English may appear to be in the OVS order, but that is not an accurate description.

  7. Verb–subject–object word order - Wikipedia

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    In linguistic typology, a verb–subjectobject (VSO) language has its most typical sentences arrange their elements in that order, as in Ate Sam apples (Sam ate apples). VSO is the third-most common word order among the world's languages, [ 1 ] after SOV (as in Hindi and Japanese ) and SVO (as in English and Mandarin Chinese ).

  8. Verb–object–subject word order - Wikipedia

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    In linguistic typology, a verb–objectsubject or verb–object–agent language, which is commonly abbreviated VOS or VOA, is one in which most sentences arrange their elements in that order. That would be the equivalent in English to "Ate apples Sam." The relatively rare default word order accounts for only 3% of the world's languages.

  9. Sentence diagram - Wikipedia

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    A sentence may also be broken down by functional parts: subject, object, adverbial, verb (predicator). [6] The subject is the owner of an action, the verb represents the action, the object represents the recipient of the action, and the adverbial qualifies the action. The various parts can be phrases rather than individual words.